“ I am told gruff, but you can see how I am moved today ,” he said Friday before a thousand delegates gathered in Congress in Marseille, after his election.
There are a little over a year when he was appointed in disaster secretary general of the CGT after the resignation of Thierry Lepaon pinned to his lifestyle, the son of Spanish immigrants was known as the seraglio. He headed the powerful federation of metallurgy.
Less media that his colleague FO Jean-Claude Mailly and Bernard Thibault, the charismatic former number one of the CGT, Mr. Martinez was concerned somewhat of being treated as “ Hibernatus “or” dinosaur “to its positions.
He knows how to handle humor, about his famous mustache for example, or by releasing front of a microphone that does not work at a press briefing: “ that is worse than the CGT here! . ”
Born April 1, 1961 in Suresnes (Hauts-de-Seine), he is the son of Spanish immigrants, with a mother and a housekeeper brigadist father during the war with Spain.
Technician, Philippe Martinez spent his entire career at Renault in Boulogne-Billancourt where he joined in 1982. He is central steward when in 1997, the automaker closed its Belgian plant in Vilvoorde. He remembers “ strong experience of struggle ” to size “ European .”
Adhere to the very young Communist Party, he resigned in 2002, but keeps “ a number of ideals .” This is the first number CGT without CPF card.
Those who rub shoulders describe a the “ tactician ” that has managed to combine the powerful federation of the CGT, sometimes authoritarian, and a field man. Since he succeeded Thierry Lepaon he met nearly 2,000 unions to try to understand why the CGT troops down.
– The fight against austerity –
Upon his election to head the first French union, he had set the tone: “ continue to show the antagonism between those who work and create wealth and those who enrich themselves shamelessly from the work of others . ” And “ fight against the government’s austerity policies .”
First stunt, the boycott in the fall of social conference Francois Hollande. Organized at the case of the “ torn shirt ” HRD Air France, the Secretary General had criticized the executive have little concern about the “ Violence “the plan of management threatening 2,900 jobs.
Friday after the Congress of Marseilles, he unveiled his line: “ show a CGT offensive, determined, collected and unifying .” But also “ Modern “, proposing a reduction of working time to 32 hours or occupational social security.
“ M. Martinez takes a decided attitude to his predecessors, who often relies on the theme of the class struggle to reunite the ranks ” and also ” distinguish themselves from other unions “analysis Gauriau Bernard, a professor at the University of Angers, a specialist in labor law. “ One senses influence of the left Front and slingers ,” he adds.
With his peers, relationships are courteous. “ The reports are simple and cordial. Nothing to do with Bernard Thibault, who never greeted the delegation Solidaires “, says Eric Beynel, spokesperson for Solidarity.
dark scarf wrapped around the neck, rather than tie, Philippe Martinez opposes the prime minister’s policy. But he shares a passion with Manuel Valls … football.
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